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Any Londoners excited/enthused/mildly looking forward to London Live's launch next Monday?
Five-and-a-half hours worth of daily news is certainly going to take some beating by the BBC and ITV.
Five-and-a-half hours worth of daily news is certainly going to take some beating by the BBC and ITV.
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As long as it's not five-and-a-half hours of Boris Johnson as per the BBC and ITV local news in London. Does anyone know who the presenters are ?
As long as it doesn't go the way of that last abortion of a london station, Live TV or something, back in the nineties. They ended up showing topless darts and programmes like strip masterbrain. It certainly died a death.
I actually live a little way outside of London but I am looking forward to the channel as I often have to go their for work. I just hope it is not going to be all news but focus on a spectrum across London. So much going on in the capital it might be nice to have a TV channel which picks up on local events and issues that the main stream channels don't/ With the BBC moving up north maybe it will leave a gap for London Live to fill
I retuned my TV only last week and discovered London Live first I heard of it. I assume as I have the channel I will be able to pick it up. However from the press I don't believe it is just restricted to the London area it is going out over freeview, sky and virgin so you can watch it anywhere I assume.
London Live will be available on Freeview channel 8, Sky channel 117 and Virgin Media channel 159. London Live executives had been pushing for a more high-profile slot on Virgin Media's cable TV service.
They seem to be aiming for a 20's, 30's year old audience which might make sense seeing BBC3 might close on freeview..
When you say retuned do you mean on the tv digital tuner rather then sky? Do you live in Colchester Bluescope?
Nothing wrong with topless darts, or the weather in Norwegian:D
Given that BBC London can't fill the main local bulletin without resorting to repeating national news, it will be interesting to see how this pans out. Also would be interested to know the numbers of reporters involved when comparing the output.
Only one of Jeremy Hunt's daft decisions.
You mean the likes of GWR, GCAP & now Global snapping up rivals with local Hearts having a far bit of local advertising.
We could see something like 20 new local channels across the UK by the end of the year. OK a few might not launch but are you saying these people have all lost their marbles.
However they are going to repeat good programmes which are linked to London from BBC/C4, if they accept like the ES it will make a loss and focus on good current affairs/news than critically it might work.
What would help would be to expand the signal area to Berkshire Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Wiltshire (or at least most of them).
That would give a population of over 20 million and home to over 50% of UK GDP, which would be big enough for a TV Station surely?
96.4 The Eagle (Guildford) going 18 years, Estuary tv (Grimsby) going 15 years or something.
But then it wouldn't be a local TV station, thereby completely negating the whole point of what local TV is supposed to be about.
Is Estuary TV not owned by the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education?
That is point, you can't do Local TV unless it is not-for-profit.
Besides London Live is more "Regional" due to its size and population area...
It is & has only been on Freeview ( Humberside ) November / December.
My point is that it is owned by a not-for-profit body...
For me it boils down to the owners & each local tv should have good connections to local universities, arts bodies & so on. I don't agree that one has to buy BBC, itv or C4 programming but have some good thinking ideas.
I have my doubts on some areas as they are not large enough but for the most I say yes.
I agree, all I am saying is that pretty much all the stations will remain loss making and thus would need to be operated on a non-for-profit basis with ties to universities/arts bodies.
Personally it should be more "regional" and less "local"
I would say it is far too local in the south ( outside London ) than the North of England which most are in big cities like Leeds, Newcastle & Liverpool. Here there are plans for Southampton, Brighton, Reading, Basingstoke, Oxford & Guildford.
A south Coast, Thames Valley & Southeast service would be fine for me.